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W. S. SEARLES BOTTLE CLOSURE.

APPLICATION man JUNE 5,1919.

In Ventor.

v Attorney.

Patented Dee. 23,1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

W. S. SEARLES.

BOTTLE CLOSURE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 5 1919.

1,325,586. lutentcd Dec. 23, 19H).

2 SHEETSH'SHEET 2.

49 Inventor.

Ft'. f2 $27.13 757W/ M4 Attorn cy.

" BorrLE-CLOSURE.

" `!Specica.tion of Letters Patent.

Appueatiniiea June-5,1919, seiieine 302.016.

, IToaZZ'wwmil)may,'concern:l 1 :"-JBe iis/known thatl, :WAYNE S. Seems, a"citiz`en`=of the United States, residing at Providence, inzthe county oPrcvidence and 1'Zed.r -flhe upper part of the body has an 5 State of Rhode Island,have invented certain enlarged portion'22 whose backis cut away `*new and: useful?Improvements.injBottle-as at 24 to for-in from Athe material reart`("llo'slires;ofwhich"theollowing-is aslixecii- U wardlydirected lugs 'or-ears 26. -The ref cation. f wie? zjy f. jinander of the material at the topof the f""'""`f"ff -Myinvention -rel-ateslto-bottleclosuresof .portion A22I is turned inwardly peripherally and is cut away to form a recess 2-8iopposite 1'0 -th hinged'ftypesimm 'v A, y eri er.; Thissentialgpbject ingention @ref l,thelcutlaayayportion or recess 24, thus formerab'llyA 'with external" ribs or corrugations- 29 to be firmly engaged by theelastic neck 16 with which it may be cemented or= vulcantents; tofzreduceg '.iange "30 v"prefe'rably longitudinally in# pal-ts" toga; minimi:'mgdtoiacilitate assem- `-timed downwardly'ina rearwardvdirection, plge'dt aiordayls'peedy;andeeicient-lockand flange 3L-'is likewise -doivvrwsrardly intheinumber .of L conetituent .Figsfand Sfand-jthe rearendof flangementerlee eenable;Speedyefiuing.einisfnpty-f andthe ,orwardnd Of'ang'e'flre in this J4ing gto'prevent. accidental loss ofsthe stopper .C 'sel downwadlyz'bent Shop -PI'OBC 20 and autnmatielvationofj-,he samez;.,.andf.to tlons 33 'an`d 34f-respect1y'ely. -An internal .t iattainf thes6gendsinia stmngand inexpensive i annular shoulderorseat 2 6 isintegral' with ,s tructryeejr, Y tl 1e body^19 `ashort distance-belowfthe en- .;gqmoethe .aboveends-essntiall my inven-flargement The flanges formeinrconjuncet irrtio'm ongists .illsuchtpartsand igt-spell 90m. tion with the 'wall or enlargement-22 guide 2152biiiations-o;y artsaslfallwithin themscopeof ,.Chl'gllls''? @@3851 ifthefefppende clams.- I- .liif'stopler 1S PIVlded Comprising afl-Ceniptajthe: pI'OV-lded :al Tealrin.ufpurttoithis-Specification, wardly directed exteneion or neck41 having @Figur -iflfisaf from; .eleyatiompimy closure lateral pivots or trunnions 43 slidable in ver- Ef" 30A appliedto a, hot water bottle'onbag, s lioW-'zl tic'alguidel slots`45in the ears26sias shown ,'fin` 'Fig./"'I2. In this instance theinateal of the extension 41 Aat'tln'a -rear Vof the-'pivots 26 "'is rolled .over to -form a cylindrical shield or '1' ff 'finthelatteribrokenlaway andinj'section, gs.2,':v.3,and 4, a sideelevation, a felevatongi'landea.plan. 4respectively of.y .the

35' Fig; applan ofthefsamewith 'theparts online`7-7 but:`.'viewedin the 'opposite di- 1 'i'x'TeCtlOn'l'f c1.' finir-W11? *"1 Figsf9, 10, and V11 front, sideand rear elevationrespectively of therotary, plate of vlli the closure. and .in v

Figs. 12 and 13 -plan and side elevations ends 49 enga'gethe portion 4130i the extenl s ion,"and`an'intermediate tongue 50 of which `engages the jbody 19. v`Integral#with the under Surface of the plate concentrically ythereof isa 'flaring stud a5 2- )whichA extends through'an opening 54in a disk55 of rubber -or other compressible or elasticmaterial, and which retainsthe latter byfan vinclined peripheral portion 56. vv-Concentric with the upper face of the plate '40 and integral therewith 'is a pivot pin 58 having a conical head portion 59. The pinis'loose in a cenrespectively ofthe spring member. p tralppening' GOin a rotary plate=62 barring f |@Like reference:characters-indicate, like` en `integral yoke handle 64. The periphjV parts throughoutstheviews. e .erles of the plates 40 and 62 are colncident, 50

Myclosurerisherein; hownin connection e with ahot water=-bottle=comprisingjthe usual relatufely to the former. At d1ametr1cally rubber body' or bag, 15 neckfl, andiilling opposlte' points upon the `perlplfiery of the 'funnell'l` The closure comprises atubiilar'piate G2 are front, and .rear V pro]ec t1ng i 'sheet metal body orsocket,19 provided.pref-to'ngues or lug sf 66 and 67 with inclined A,f "housing 47" form'ahelical "spring -48 whose .2ftheadisklsafiaaaeae ins AV167 move 1n the channels 3 7 v,and 1v38 With l. their cam yfaces in engagement with then' f clinedfaces of the anges and 3 1'thereby pressing-the lower `portion ,5 5 of Y the stopperm into tight,,contactvcgitlr the seat 36. The

I :ffstopsyqand 34 lv prevent: accidental move-5 if 101=ing=this partial rotation the members 66 and 1 nformeelatemllmxpalf S xi 'mellli Wal-legi -Scketi'ipBeca'uSe y 't A me'tfthere is no, ablfasiol;a fgwear, ndv disy tegrati the locking-platgfandfwbearing upon the aI handle-011 the rotatable plate, and lugs on the rotatable plate adaptved to engage the Hanges.

2. Inabottle Vlosure, a socket, flanges on the socket, a closure plate pivotally mounted on the socket, a locking plate rotatably mounted on the closure plate, lugs on the locking plate engageable with the'anges, a handle on the locking plate, a stud on the bottom of the closure plate, and a disk on the closure' plateA engaging. the stud'.

3. In a bottle vcl ')sure,'a socket, Alongitudi- 'nallyinclined flanges upon the socket, stops Aon the ends of ythe flanges, a closure plate pivotallyfmountednon the socket, av plate' rotatably mounted Ln ithe closure plate, and

ably engage the flanges. .f; r11

' 4. In abottle'f'closure, a `socket,'-a' closure plate pivotally mounted -onthef socket, a locking platerotatablyf mounted on the closiiref plate, a Haring "stud on .the closure plate, and avdsk embracingthestud.

the closure-platea .handle integral yvith the Ilockingplate i andgzdislposed .1 at right; angles fry 'springp/,48' insures v the l automaticelegation' .of,the stopper without the'iaidfofp-theloperatorfsngers. The bottle.

tions'o the/elevatedstopper prevents it beomngeheatesi when-@hot water intre-A 'ducedbfaThe-connection of thestoppewith' f; z the socketfinsuresagainst loss. V Assemblage thefpy'ot members" One ,advantage '0f -i lthisis thatthe socket maybe ifStYllcanized 1 oncemelliill the Arubber bottle neck, -a'nd l racanzingnfumes.- The integral character of the constituent parts of myl vnovel structure* reducetheirnumber toa minimum; ""V It-s ltodae understood'that details of the construction maybe varied. "I have shown" Y but one,-,anc l,thatfapreferrei embodimentl of my invention, and I donot purpos'elimff- ,siting the patent grantedon this application otherwise than necessitated by the prior 'art' ;.---Iclaim:-'f 1,] 1.` In a .-bottle 'closure,' .a :'so'cket, ianges upon the socket, a closure plate pivotally mounted on the socket, a pivot pin 'in' the' closure plate, a plate rotatably mounted on cala-affilata@ .c10sue,ithe combina@ o f a socket, inwardly directed agperipheral vflanges onthe socket, ears on Athesocket pro# -vided withoblong guide slots, "a pivotal closure plate, pivot membersfonfthmplate extending into the slots, azfsecondplate rota- .:Jnent of; the cam, membersffinan; opposite" `lugs on' therotatablefuplate adaptedfto slid- I tably-'mountedonf Athe lclosure-plate', lugs on annularlseat withinf'the bodyffliinges on y l the socket above the'seat, a closure plate pivfv .i 5? ,is rfacilcitatedby bompressingthe lugs 26 over 'fotallyf mounted o'n; thexbody. and vertically s lidable thereirna fp late rotatably-mounted on the closure lplateflugs onfthe rotatable 8: Inv ai bottleffclosure; =a socketal closure plate pivotally mounted onffthesocket, a lrotary locking- .plate on the closure plate adapted to engage theftsocklet, andv resilient means for moving` the closure` plate r'when the; locking plate lis rotated.

9. jIna bottle; closure, the combination ofa socket,linturne'd'peripheral flanges on the socket, ears on-'the,socket, a closure plate, pivot-membersI on vthe -plate mounted` in the ears, ya flocking :plate rotatablyl lmounted on the firstffplate,"zlugs'zonthe 'locking plate movable under and fromjthe flanges, and a spring' engagin the socket andclosure plate.

10. In `a bott e closure, the combination of plate engageblenwith thefflanges, and a n socket. nturned flanges on the .me-liet, ears on the socket, :L closure plate, pivot. members on the plate mounted in the ears, :L sleeve, on the plate' between the pivot. members, u

5 spring); in the sleeve engngug the pluto and oeket, :L lockng plate pvotully mounted ou the elfmule plate, und lugsv on the second plate engageuble with the flanges.

11. In Va bottle closure, the eomlnxmt-on of 10 :L socket, {lange-s upon the l oekct., guide cnrs on the :socket`v n eloh'ure, pluie, mounted ln the, lugs. :a pin on the top of the plutc, u locking pluie loose/on the plu, u lmndlc on the, locking plate, @um lugs on the locking plate. en-

15 gugeuble with the flanges, u, stud on the bot- -mounled upon the pin. u handle integral with the loel\"1n r pluie. u Haring' sind integral \\th the hottom of the. elosul'e plate, :1nd u heul-ing disk emln'ueng the, Stud.

WAYNE S. SEARLES. 

